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Adventure and adventurers Adventure and adventurers United States Biography Beard, Peter H. (Peter Hill) 1938-2020 Bloggers United States Biography DeRuiter, Geraldine Travel Explorateurs États-Unis Biographies Explorers United States Biography Photographers United States United States Discovery and explorationMcGrath, Ben
Summary: "The riveting story of Dick Conant, an American folk hero who, over the course of more than twenty years, solo canoed thousands of miles of American rivers--and then in 2016 disappeared off the coast of North Carolina"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CONANT, RICHARD PERRY MCGBoynton, Graham
Summary: "Graham Boynton's Wild is the definitive biography of photographer Peter Beard, a larger-than-life icon who pushed the boundaries of art and scandalized international high society with his high-profile affairs. He was the original 20th century "enfant terrible" with the looks of a Greek god who blazed like a comet across the worlds of art, photography, and fame. The scion of several old WASP...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BEARD, PETER BOYBellows, Amanda Brickell
Summary: "A fascinating new history of America, told through the stories of a diverse cast of ten extraordinary-and often overlooked-adventurers, from Sacagawea to Sally Ride, who pushed the boundaries of discovery and determined our national destiny"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 910.92 BELDeRuiter, Geraldine
Summary: Some people are meant to travel the globe, to unwrap its secrets and share them with the world. And some people have no sense of direction, are terrified of pigeons, and get motion sickness from tying their shoes. These people are meant to stay home and eat nachos. Geraldine DeRuiter is the latter. But she won't let that stop her. Hilarious, irreverent, and heartfelt, All Over the Place...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2017